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time to go, as we always do, to washington. "the situation room" with wolf blitzer begins right now. hey, wolf. >> hi, brooke. thanks very much. happening now, the connecticut shooting investigation appears to be moving into a new phase at one crime scene. stand by. >>> a blizzard, rain, and high winds. a winter storm is on the move and holiday travel potentially could be taking a big hit. information you need to know. >>> and a new hollywood film about the hunt for osama bin laden is getting a terrible review from three united states senators. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." right now, the house of representatives is getting closer to a showdown vote on the house speaker's plan to avoid that so-called fiscal cliff. it's a high stakes bargaining chip in the negotiations with president obama and it comes only 12 days before automatic tax hikes and spending cuts go into effect. that could take a painful toll on the u.s. economy. let's go to capitol hill. our senior congressional correspondent dana bash is standi
time to go, as we always do, to washington. "the situation room" with wolf blitzer begins right now. hey, wolf. >> hi, brooke. thanks very much. happening now, the connecticut shooting investigation appears to be moving into a new phase at one crime scene. stand by. >>> a blizzard, rain, and high winds. a winter storm is on the move and holiday travel potentially could be taking a big hit. information you need to know. >>> and a new hollywood film about the...
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some of them went to washington today to try to help push for new gun laws. lisa sylvester is picki ining u this part of the story. lisa? >> wolf, these families, they all have a message. they have been through hell and they want gun violence to stop. one dad who lost his son in columbine wore the very shoes his son was wearing that day. others brought pictures of their loved ones and they all have their own deeply heartbreaking stories. >> i'm the father of daniel mauser, who was killed in the massacre at columbine high school. >> my sister was a freshman at virginia tech. she followed me there. >> our daughter, jessica redfield ghawi was killed in aurora on july 20th of this year. >> reporter: a club no one wanted to join. each one directly touched by gun violence. columbine, aurora, virginia tech, tucson. peter reid's daughter was a freshman at virginia tech. >> god forgive us as a country if it takes a literal slaughter of innocents in a holy season to wake us up. >> reporter: the slaying of 6-year-olds and 7-year-olds in newtown, connecticut, has been de
some of them went to washington today to try to help push for new gun laws. lisa sylvester is picki ining u this part of the story. lisa? >> wolf, these families, they all have a message. they have been through hell and they want gun violence to stop. one dad who lost his son in columbine wore the very shoes his son was wearing that day. others brought pictures of their loved ones and they all have their own deeply heartbreaking stories. >> i'm the father of daniel mauser, who was...
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i will come back to you and i know you are collecting more information here in washington. there is a vigil outside the white house and a lot of people are gathering right now. the president ordered all flags flown at half-staff until december 18th. you can see the pictures coming in from the white house. these are people who want gun control and they are holding a vigil outside the white house right now inside the white house. a little while ago, president obama went into the briefing room to address the american people and became very emotional. >> this afternoon i spoke with governor malloy and fbi director mullen. i offered governor malloy my condolences on behalf of the nation and made it clear he will have every single resource that he needs to investigate this heinous crime, care for the victims, couple their families. we have endured too many of these tragedies in the past few years and each time i learn the news, i react not as a president, bz anybody else would, as a parent. that was especially true today. i know there is not a parent in america who doesn't feel t
i will come back to you and i know you are collecting more information here in washington. there is a vigil outside the white house and a lot of people are gathering right now. the president ordered all flags flown at half-staff until december 18th. you can see the pictures coming in from the white house. these are people who want gun control and they are holding a vigil outside the white house right now inside the white house. a little while ago, president obama went into the briefing room to...
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washington commission. this is not something where folks are going to be studying the issue for six months and publishing a report that gets read and then pushed aside. this is a team that has a very specific task to pull together real reforms right now. >> reporter: he urged congress to vote early next year on an assault weapons ban and high ammunition clips and close the loopholes so all gun buyers are subject to background checks. >> we're going to need to work on making access to mental health cares at least as easy to access to a gun. we're going to need to look at a culture that all too often glorifies gunses and violence. and any actions we must take must begin inside the home and inside our hearts. >> the president is hoping to seize this moment of heightened public awareness to push washington to change. >> but goodness, if this past week has done anything, it should just give us some perspective. i mean, if there's one thing we should have after this week, it should be a sense of perspective about
washington commission. this is not something where folks are going to be studying the issue for six months and publishing a report that gets read and then pushed aside. this is a team that has a very specific task to pull together real reforms right now. >> reporter: he urged congress to vote early next year on an assault weapons ban and high ammunition clips and close the loopholes so all gun buyers are subject to background checks. >> we're going to need to work on making access...
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emily schmidt, cnn, washington. >> certainly remember speaking with joseph. he made a deep impression on me interviewing him in the wake of that virginia tech university tragedy. our hearts go out to him as well as the family members of all of those killed in that tragedy. here in the newtown, connecticut, tragedy, all the victims of gun violence all across the country. we're sick and tired of covering these stories. we've covered way too many of them over these years. many people are wondering, how easy is it for someone to buy an automatic rifle like the one the shooter used here in newtown, connecticut, at the sandy hook elementary school. we're taking a closer look. much more coming up. a special edition of "the situation room" continues right after this. asty. and cut! very good. people are always asking me how we make these geico adverts. so we're taking you behind the scenes. this coffee cup, for example, is computer animated. it's not real. geico's customer satisfaction is quite real though. this computer-animated coffee tastes dreadful. geico. 15 min
emily schmidt, cnn, washington. >> certainly remember speaking with joseph. he made a deep impression on me interviewing him in the wake of that virginia tech university tragedy. our hearts go out to him as well as the family members of all of those killed in that tragedy. here in the newtown, connecticut, tragedy, all the victims of gun violence all across the country. we're sick and tired of covering these stories. we've covered way too many of them over these years. many people are...
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certainly not those coming from washington. and there's so much more work to be done in this country, on jobs and income and education and energy, you are a week away from one of the worst tragedies in memory. so we've got work to do on gun safety. a host of other issues. these are all challenges that we can meet. they are all challenges that we have to meet if we want our kids to grow up in an america that's full of opportunity, possibility, as much opportunity and possibility as the america that our parent and grand parent left for us. but we're only going to be able to do it together. we're going to have to find some common ground. and the challenge that we've got right now is that the american people are a lot more sensible and a lot more thoughtful and much more willing to compromise and give and sacrifice and act responsibly than their elected representatives are. and that's a problem. there's a mismatch right now between how everybody else is thinking about these problems, democrats and republicans. outside of this town
certainly not those coming from washington. and there's so much more work to be done in this country, on jobs and income and education and energy, you are a week away from one of the worst tragedies in memory. so we've got work to do on gun safety. a host of other issues. these are all challenges that we can meet. they are all challenges that we have to meet if we want our kids to grow up in an america that's full of opportunity, possibility, as much opportunity and possibility as the america...
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. >> reporter: there are new calls in washington to bring back the assault weapons ban and other gun control measures. that is having an impact here. one of of the things we're seeing is a run on some gun supplies. this rack here used to be filled with magazines like this. but because of concerns of gun control laws, you can see they're all gone. supporters say it is not harder to get ahold of the weapon, but looking at beefing up school security. they say arming teachers is one option that should at least be considered. >> i know there has been a knee jerk reaction against that. i think there should at least be a discussion of that. if people were armed, not just a police officer but other school officials that were trained, and chose to have a weapon, certainly there would have been an opportunity to stop aggressors coming into the school. >> reporter: state senator frank nice nicely wants more officers in the school, including on the elementary school level. and if that is not an option, then he, too, says arm the teachers. >> the goal is to have some kind of security in all the s
. >> reporter: there are new calls in washington to bring back the assault weapons ban and other gun control measures. that is having an impact here. one of of the things we're seeing is a run on some gun supplies. this rack here used to be filled with magazines like this. but because of concerns of gun control laws, you can see they're all gone. supporters say it is not harder to get ahold of the weapon, but looking at beefing up school security. they say arming teachers is one option...
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washington says it's okay to possess a small amount. but only if, apparently, you find it on the street. you can't buy it or grow it. so that is a legal mystery right there. but hovering over the whole issue is what happens with the federal government, because the federal government, under u.s. law, it remains a crime to traffic marijuana, possess significant quantities, and the government said those laws apply everywhere, including in colorado and washington where the voters legalized the use of the drug. >> so if you're living in washington state or colorado, what do you do? >> as your attorney, i advise you not to smoke pot. what has to happen is there has to be a negotiation between the leadership of these states, and eric holder and the justice department. they can't simple life expose the citizens following state law to the risk of prosecution. that would be irresponsible on the part of both governments. there has to be a negotiation. the problem is, and i suppose it's a little like the fiscal cliff, is there is not much common gr
washington says it's okay to possess a small amount. but only if, apparently, you find it on the street. you can't buy it or grow it. so that is a legal mystery right there. but hovering over the whole issue is what happens with the federal government, because the federal government, under u.s. law, it remains a crime to traffic marijuana, possess significant quantities, and the government said those laws apply everywhere, including in colorado and washington where the voters legalized the use...
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he's washington correspondent for the new yorker magazine. also ali velshi our chief correspondent is joining us. deal or no deal? >> looks like from what dana is reporting, that a deal is in sight. republicans are saying they're going to have a vote tonight. looks like a deal is done. >> with the senate. >> we don't know what the house will do. and the last time john boehner tried to put something on the floor, his caucus rebelled. he'd have to let the house vote its will. >> but you agree if the president of the united states supports it, most of the house democrats will support it. so you don't need a majority of the republicans, you need a few republicans to get to that magic number of 218. >> exactly. obama and pelosi seem to have a firm grasp on the house democrats. it's just a matter of getting it to a vote in the house. what's happened over the course of the day is we had this seesaw. when details leak out, that angers democrats, they go back to the negotiating room and fight for a bit more. then some details leaked out that there wer
he's washington correspondent for the new yorker magazine. also ali velshi our chief correspondent is joining us. deal or no deal? >> looks like from what dana is reporting, that a deal is in sight. republicans are saying they're going to have a vote tonight. looks like a deal is done. >> with the senate. >> we don't know what the house will do. and the last time john boehner tried to put something on the floor, his caucus rebelled. he'd have to let the house vote its will....
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let's go to washington with wolf blitzer. "the situation room" begins right now. >>> brook, thanks very much. happening now, the president of the united states steps into a very intense political fight in michigan and he's definitely taking sides. we're also looking into what's behind the dramatically lower prices showing up at gas stations near you. and life-saving television. we have an amazing look at an underground tv channel run by rebel fighters in one of the most dangerous cities in the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> we begin with president obama getting into a new fight with republicans and it's a fight he may actually lose. this afternoon in detroit, the president blasted a package of anti-union bills. michigan republicans, governor, is ush pushing through his state's legislature. >> what we shouldn't do, i just got to say this, what we shouldn't be doing is trying to take away your rights to bargain for better wages and working conditions. >> even though the cheering went on for nearly
let's go to washington with wolf blitzer. "the situation room" begins right now. >>> brook, thanks very much. happening now, the president of the united states steps into a very intense political fight in michigan and he's definitely taking sides. we're also looking into what's behind the dramatically lower prices showing up at gas stations near you. and life-saving television. we have an amazing look at an underground tv channel run by rebel fighters in one of the most...